Window-washer.



, Patnted Aug. 27, l90l. F. n. POLLARD.

WINDOW WASHER.

(Application filed Feb. 9, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK R. POLLARD, OF LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

WIN DOW-WAS H ER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 681,258, dated August27, 1901. Application filed February 9, 1901- Serial No. 46,695. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. PoL- LARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Grafton and State of NewHampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Washers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-cleaners, and has for its object toprovide, in connection with a suitable stafi or handle, a basket or headadapted to receive and retain a sponge, the said basket or head havingassociated therewith means for gripping and securely holding the spongeor mop and for releasing the same when necessary. The sponge is verydesirable in cleaning windows, for the reason that it will retain morewater than any other form of mop, and after the windows have been washedthe sponge may be detached from the holder or basket, wrung out, andused for drying the windows. A sponge is desirable also, in that nobristles are left upon the windows. I The various objects and advantagesof the invention will appear more fully in the course of the ensuingdescription.

The invention consists in a window-cleaner embodying certain novelfeatures and details of construction hereinafter more fully set forth,illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mop orsponge holder constructed in accordance with the present invention andshown applied to an operatingshown in the form of a basket, and saidbase has extending obliquely from the back thereof a handle-socket 2, inwhich a suitable handle 3 is adapted to be removably inserted. Saidhandle may be of any desired length.

Extendingoutward from the front surface of the base 1 is a series ofhoop-supporting arms 4, four of said arms being illustrated in thedrawings, although it will be apparent that any number of arms may beemployed. At a point intermediate their ends the hoopsupporting arms arebent, as shown at 5, so

. as to cause their outer extremities to flare to a also connected withthe base 1, and these arms a are preferably formed in oppositely-locatedpairs, which are formed from a single length of wire, the centralportion of which is bent transversely to form a cross bar or portion 10,

which lies against the base 1. The cross bars or portions 10 intersector cross each other centrally of the base 1, as shown in Fig. 3, andalso pass beneath the coupling or anchoring ring 6, being therebysecurely attached to the base. The arms 9 extend toward the front of thebasket or holder and have hooked outer extremities 11, which arearranged just within the plane of the mop-holding ring 7, so as to enterand engage the sponge or mop 8 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. Thearms 9 are also formed so as to diverge toward their outer hookedextremities and are encircled by a slide -ring 12, which when pushedoutward serves to hold the hooked extremities toward each other and inengagement with the mop.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a sponge or anyother form of mop may be inserted in the flared end of the basket orholder and securely held by bringing the inner portion thereof intoengagement with the hooked extremities of the grippingarms, theslide-ring being subsequently slid outward toward the extremities11,thus drawing the hooks toward each other and causing them to firmlyengage the mop. The sponge or mop is then saturated with water andpassed over the windows for cleaning the same. After the windows havebeen thus washed the ring 12 may be slid backward for is claimed, anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the class described, a base having provision for theattachment of ahandle thereto; in combination with a series ofoutwardly-flaring hoop-supporting arms, a

hoop carried by the outer extremities of said arms and forming amop-holding basket, and mop-gripping means contained within thehoop-supporting arms.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a base having provision for the attachment of a handle;of a series of hoop-supporting arms connected therewith, a

mop-holding hoop connecting the outer extremities of said arms, andmop-gripping arms located within the hoop-supporting arms and alsoconnected with and supported by the base.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a basehaving provision for the attachment of a suitable handle; of a series ofhoop-su pportin g arms connected to the base,a mop-holding hoopconnecting the outer extremities of said arms, a series of mop-grippingarms arranged within the hoop-supporting arms and having a normaloutward divergence, and a slide-ring mounted for 1ongitudinal movementon said gripping-arms and embracing the same.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a basehaving provision for the attachment of a suitable handle; ofhoopsupporting arms connected therewith and bent intermediate their endsto provide widely-flaring outer portions, a mopholding hoop connectingthe outer extremities of said arms, mop-gripping arms connected with thebase and having hooked extremities, and a slide-ring embracing saidgripping-arms and adapted to hold the hooked extremities thereof inengagement with the mop.

5. In a device of the class described, the

' combination with a base having, provision for the attachment of asuitable handle; of a series of hoop-supporting arms, a mop-holding hoopconnecting the outer extremities thereof, a series of mop gripping armshaving hooked extremities, a slide-ring for operating saidgripping-arms, and a couplingor anchoring ring engaging all of the armsand serving to secure the same to the base.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK R. POLLARD. Witnesses:

MARSHALL D. COBLEIGH, L. W. SMITH.

